2025 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Idaho

If you pursue a master's degree in social work, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Idaho ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 325 master's degrees in social work to qualified students.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social work students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other social work students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt social work students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social work related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social work students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Idaho list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Work in Idaho

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in social work.

Top Idaho Schools for a Master's in Social Work

1

Boise State University
Boise, ID

255 Annual Graduates

$55,705 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in social work has to check out Boise State University. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a very large student population.

Social Work master's degree recipients from Boise State University get an earnings boost of approximately $4,124 over the typical earnings of social work graduates.

More information about a master’s in social work from Boise State University

2

Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

34 Annual Graduates

$49,901 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in social work has to look into Idaho State University. ISU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Pocatello.

Master's students who receive their degree from the social work program make around $49,901 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in social work from Idaho State University

Best Social Work Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	185	794
Utah	164	363
Montana	90	28
Wyoming	53	24

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Social Work Related Rankings by Major

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Social Work Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	325

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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